Song and dance takes center stage as the Symphony Band presents a whirlwind concert of diverse grooves. Jazz influences permeate several pieces of the program, including Leonard Bernstein's famous Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs for jazz band, piano and clarinet soloist. Originally written for Benny Goodman, this performance features faculty members Daniel Gilbert and Ellen Rowe, who has also arranged a special version of My Funny Valentine for this concert. The brilliant young American composer Jesse Montgomery will also be on hand for the consortium premiere of her Coincident Dances, co-commissioned by the University of Michigan Symphony Band through the support of the H. Robert Reynolds Commissioning Fund.

Jason Fettig, conductor
Kristina LaMarca, student conductor
Ellen Rowe, piano
Daniel Gilbert, clarinet

PROGRAM
Solitary Dancer, Warren Benson
j'ai 'ete au Bal, Donald Grantham
My Funny Valentine, Rogers and Hart / arr. Ellen Rowe
Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs, Leonard Bernstein
Coincident Dances, Jesse Montgomery
Dance Suite (1923), Béla Bartók/ trans. R. Mark Rogers